An Introduction to Paul ...
Paul
Roberts -
compassionate listener, life coach, music therapist, writer and musician
Paul’s background includes careers in the mental health profession as a music therapist, and in the music business as a concert performer, educator and director of a cultural arts organization, Elation Center for the Arts.
Living
in the peaceful serenity of a rural mountain
village, Paul assists others in their quest for personal
growth through Speak to Paul - a telephone counseling service. (more)
In 1970, Paul interrupted his work in music therapy
and traveled to India to study with sitar maestro, Ustad Rais Khan, one
of the greatest exponents of Indian classical music.
Read more about Rais Khan
Listen to Sitar music
P
aul’s
interests in the fields of music and psychology merged in
1967 when he began working as a music therapist at McLean
Hospital where Professor James Garland (now professor
Emeritus at Boston School of Social Work) encouraged him to develop
a music therapy program for adolescent psychiatric patients. Read
more about music therapy and Mclean Hospital
Professor
Morrie Schwartz, one of the world’s
most eminent authorities on the treatment of mental patients (the Morrie
featured in the book, Tuesday’s
With Morrie) was Paul’s mentor. Read more
Since
1974, Paul and his wife, Carla, have performed
concerts on their collection of instruments from around the world. In
1995, they moved to the Southwest where they founded Elation
Center for the Arts, an organization that fosters a sense of community
through cultural outreach: community concerts, music and dance classes,
and arts-in-education programs for schools. Paul and Carla have performed
their concert, A
World of Music, for over one million children in elementary
schools throughout the West.
Paul's is currently writing about his experiences with Morrie Schwartz, and also ongoing articles on creativity and the therapuetic use of sound. You can see a listing of articles and interviews here.
Paul's
Music Blog is
a great
way to find out about all the interesting instruments Paul plays or is
interested in. We are talking strings like banjo, mandolins, guitar,
sitar, saz, oud, and don't forget the coconut banjo!
